"SANA’A: A tribal source in Yemen southern province of Abyan said that 3 Swedish national joined lately Ansar al-Sharia fighters to fight along with them against Yemeni authorities.

The source reported that the three Swedish entered legally to Yemen as tourists, and then they joined the militants in fighting the Yemeni government.

They arrived in Abyan province on Monday and they are now in al-Motheleth district of Jaar city, where fierce clashes took place between Yemeni government troops backed by tribesmen and al-Qaeda militants."